American History from Widdershin's Books

Tock Sa Mecka: Swedish Pioneer Life on the Prairie, Experienced by the Palm Family. By Esther Palm Gayman. Illustrations by Barbara Ann Burns. Commentary and Ethnic Geographic Maps by David C, Schoenwetter. Log City Books (1978). Includes b/w photographs. Very near fine large trade paperback. Page edges mildly toned, else fine as new. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for safe… Read more about this item

SIGNED/Inscribed. Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life & Legacy. By the Edward Clown Family and William B. Matson. Gibbs Smith (2016). Illustrated. Fine hardcover in fine jacket. NOT a remainder. Signed and personalized inscriptions by Matson and two of Crazy Horse's grandsons. Boxed for safe shipping. 12-b

Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. 6-onb

Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. A fresh, sharp copy. Swift, safe shipping. 11-onb

First Edition. First Printing. Regan/HarperCollins (2006). Fine, oversized decorative hardcover with slight publisher's binding crimp at edge of lower spine, else quite fine. Century Girl spans and illuminates one woman's long, astonishing life, incorporating hundreds of archival photos and personal clippings, line drawings and hand-written narrative. Many artistic interpretaions/depictions. Boxed for safe shipping. 6-b.

First Edition. First Printing (1993). Fine, as new, unread navy full cloth hardcover with copper lettering and design. Fine, as new jacket. NOT a remainder. Safe boxed shipping. 12-b.

First Edition. First Printing. Basic Books (2003). Fine, as new, hardcover with fine, as new jacket. NOT a remainder. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 15-b.

American Wills & Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857. HARDCOVER. GPC (1989). Peter Wilson Coldham. Very good blue full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Three one line highlights in text, else quite fine. No jacket was issued by publisher. 3-b

First Edition. First Printing. Iowa State University Press (1977). Fine, as new, brown full cloth hardcover with black lettering and design. Fine, as new white jacket with design. Uncommon photographs and substantial text. Includes two small 33 1/3 RPM records with sample broadcasts from each of 15 broadcasters. Both recordings as new and unplayed. Boxed shipping. 11-b

Ohio Marriages Extracted from The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly. Marjorie Smith. Genealogical Publishing Company (1980). Fine, as new, navy blue full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and design. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 11-2-b

The Civil War - 3 Volume Set In Slipcase - The Fighting Men Of The Civil War; The Commanders; The Battlefields. Salamander Books Limited; Set of 3 edition (1999). William C. Davis. Fine, sharp, as new, unread. Three, fine, very large, profusely illustrated trade paperbacks in a fine, bright, glossy slipcase. NOT a remainder. The complete set of this essential… Read more about this item

Trailways to Albany 2000: A Look at the People and Events That Shaped the Townships of Garden Plain, Newton and Albany, in Illinois. Helen M. Hanson. First Edition. First Printing. 1999. Fine, As new, very large, bonded, navy blue hardcover with gilt lettering and design. Many historical photographs and substantial text. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for safe shipping. Standard… Read more about this item

There Was a River. Bruce Berger. First Edition. First Printing. University of Arizona Press (1994). Fine, as new, blue full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and design. Fine, as new jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. A sharp copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 6-b

SIGNED. First Edition. First Printing. Times- Democrat (1968). Legends of Our Land: A Unique History of the Mississippi Valley. Jim Arpy. Near Fine, large trade paperback. Slight crimp to corner of lower front cover. Signed by Jim Arpy. Illustrated by Patrick J. Costello. A handsome copy. 3-b

Bees And Bur Oaks: 100 Years Of St. Ambrose College. Farrell, Anthony. Privately Issued in 1982. Very near fine, navy blue full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Publisher did not issue a jacket. Many photographs, sketches, and substantial text. Page edges faintly toned, else fine as new. Boxed shipping. 3

First Edition. First Printing. Illustrated Edition. Fine hardcover in as new jacket. The story of "America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen." Boxed shipping. 12

First Edition. First Printing. Fine hardcover in fine, as new jacket. Photographs. An American religious community that held radical notions of equality, sex, and religion―only to transform itself, at the beginning of the twentieth century, into a successful silverware company. A sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed shipping. 12

The Greatest Brigade: How the Irish Brigade Cleared the Way to Victory in the American Civil War. Thomas J. Craughwell. True First Edition. First Printing. Fair Winds Press (July 1, 2011). Fine, unread, large format, illustrated trade paperback with gatefold flaps. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b

SIGNED. Story of Old Abe: Wisconsin's Civil War Hero. Macolm Rosholt. First Edition. First Printing. Rosholt (1987). Fine, as new, black full cloth hardcover with silver lettering and design. Full plate watercolor illustrations by Don Mullen. Very near fine, bright jacket with some mild rubbing to spine panel. Signed, (signatures only) by both authors on title page. Boxed for safe… Read more about this item

A Pilgrim Returns to Cape Cod. Edward Rowe Snow. Centennial Edition. First Printing. Commonwealth (2003). Fine, as new, unread, red full cloth hardcover with gold lettering and design. Fine, as new jacket. NOT a remainder. A chronicle of Snow's seven-week hiking tour of Cape Cod in 1946, combining history, human-interest stories, and legends to make the Cape and its people… Read more about this item